Lumberman&#39;s hammer



" S. P. SHARRON. LUMBERMANS HAMMEB,

' APPLICATION FILED APR.23, 1920. 1,432,794. Patented 0ct.24,1922.

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S MUEL r. SI-I'ARRON, or PHILADELPHIA, rnnnsr'nvanm, .assreivon orONE-HALF I re BORIS PODOLSKY, or PHILADELPHIA, :ennnsvnvanra.

' LUMBERMANS HAMMER;

Application filed April 23, 1920. Serial No, 376,004.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. SHARRON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the countyof Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Lumbermens Hammers, of which the following is aspecification. f The obj ect of this invention is to provide an improvedmarking device, preferably in the generalshape of'lan ordinary two-facedhammer, adapted tobe used by inspectors in stamping upon logs, ties, orother forms of timber, a character denoting the owner simultaneouslywith other characters which 'may'denote for instance the grade of thetimberand the particular kind'of'wood of which the timber is composed,together with additional notations which may be desired in vanyparticular case; a

Such large users of timber, as railroads, find it necessary to mark suchwood as used for ties and the like, and it is obviously desirable' tomark upon eachpiece all of the ,desiredcha'racters by a singleoperation,

' which latter has been foundjto be satisfactory by striking preferablythe endof a log,

because the ends are always exposed when piled, with a hammer having aface provided with preferably raised characters adapted to enter andleave their exact impression upon the immediate surface of the log.

In addition to the fixed character or group of characters with which alog can be marked when using an ordinary hammer with a'fiXed markingsurface, the present invention has for an object to provide one'or' more,polygonally shaped members mounted upon the sides'of the usual strikingface of ahammer-head, said members being revolvable so as to bring anyone'of their respective series of surfaces into a plane common with thatof the said surface, together with resilient means operative toyieldingly maintain each of the said rotary members in any one of itsoperative positions.

Upon the several faces of each of said members there is then providedone or more characters adapted to be impressed in the surface of a logsimultaneously with the impression of the characters carried by thestriking face of the hammer-head. Furthermore, the opposite end of thehammerhead may be provided with such further characters as may bedesired, as well as this last-named end being provided also if desiredwlth one or more rotary marking members similar to those hereinbeforedescribed.

Referring to the drawings, the improved device comprises a centralportion 1 provided with a transversely extending ape-rture 2, adapted toreceive andretain one end of a hammer-head 8, while secured to one endof the central portion 1 is a secondary head 4, provided with a strikingsur face, qand having raised marking characters 6; v p r The oppositeend portion of the hammer head comprises an enlarged solid portion 7,comprising the primary marking section of said portion, preferably'beingprovided with oppositely positioned, recesses 8, closely adj acent tothe inner surface of which are revolvably mounted polygonally shapedmembers 9 carried by a suitable shaft 10, and having a series of markingfaces 11, each of said faces being provided with suitable preferablyraised characters 12. The primary marking portion 7 of the hammerheadalso comprisesa striking face 13, which is provided with a fixed set ofmarking characters 14.

Each of the rotary members 9 is also provided upon its outer face with aflange l-l. having spaced recesses 15 into which yieldingly press thefree end portion 16 of a spring member 17, secured by suitable means 18to the central portion 1 of the hammer-head, and operative to yieldinglymaintain said rotary members in any one of a series of predeterminedpositions.

With this construction it is obvious that any one of the characteredfaces of one of said rotary members 9 can be brought into brought anyone of the charactered faces of the other of said polygonal members.Therefore a great number of combinations of characters is madeavailable, and the kind of characters used depending upon the de mandsof each particular user of the device.

In the form illustrated, the initials of a railroad and the number of acertain inspector employee of that railroad are both car-' ried by themarking face 13, while one of the rotary marking members is providedwith figures which denote thevarious grades of timber, and the other ofthe said rotary members is provided upon its various marking faces withcombinations of letters which indicate to the proper parties theparticular wood which has thus been marked.

And the opposite marking surface 5 ol the hammer-head is shown ascomprising figures which denote the name ot the railroad and theinspectors number, for the purpose of marking object-s other than thosewhich demand grade and material identifying figures. So that it isobvious that the invention, while being illustrated to showoneadaptation of the device, can be made in a great number of formswhich may fall within the scope of the appended claims. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protectby Letters Patent of the United States is y l. The combination of ahandle, with a head secured thereto and having a driving portionprovided with an imprinting character, a rotary member revolvablycarried by said head adjacent to said portion and provided withimprinting characters, and resilient means carried by said head andoperative to yieldingly maintain said member in a predetermined positionto operatively com bine any one of the characters of said rotary memberwith the character of said driving portion. y

2. A hammer-head, having a driving portion a rotary member revolvablycarried by said head and having characters upon its surface and mountedadjacent to said por tion, and resilient means carried by said head andoperative to yieldingly maintain said member in a predeterminedposition, with one of said characters in operative 'relation withrespect to said portion.

3. A hammer-head, having a driving surface provided with a character, apolygonal member carried by said head and having characters upon itsseveral faces and revolvably mounted to bringany one of its faces intotheplane oit'said surface, and resilient means also carried by said headand operative to yieldingly retain said member in any one of y aplurality oit predetermined positions.

a. A hammer-head, having a fixedly posi tioned surface provided with afixed iinprinting character, a plurality ofpolygonal members rotatablyprovided with imprintingcharacters upon their various faces, ancoperative when revolved to bring any face of one member and any faceofanother member into the 11am common with said surface, and resilientmeans to yieldingly maintain said members in predetermined positions. i

The combination of a hammer-head having a transverse aperture betweenits ends, a handle extendi'nginto said aperture, one end of said hammerhead having a striking surface provided with a recess, and a die blockrotatably mounted in said recess, said die block havingtypeeharactersyon its periphery adapted to be exposed at said recess, andthe axis or the rotatable die block being remote from the axis of saidhandle.

6. The combination of a hammer head having a transverse aperture etweenits" ends, a handle secured in said aperture,

marking type progedhhgfrorii one end or thehead, the last mentioned endhaving a recess, and 'a die block rot-a tably mounted in said recess,said die block having perie pheraltype characters adapted to be exposedalongside or said marking type, and said recess beingre'mote from saidtransverse aperture. c a

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

SAMUEL 1 sIiARRoN.

carried by said head and

